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El Zarif T, Nassar AH, Adib E, Fitzgerald BG, Huang J, Mouhieddine TH, Rubinstein PG, Nonato T, McKay RR, Li M, Mittra A, Owen DH, Baiocchi RA, Lorentsen M, Dittus C, Dizman N, Falohun A, Abdel-Wahab N, Diab A, Bankapur A, Reed A, Kim C, Arora A, Shah NJ, El-Am E, Kozaily E, Abdallah W, Al-Hader A, Abu Ghazal B, Saeed A, Drolen C, Lechner MG, Drakaki A, Baena J, Nebhan CA, Haykal T, Morse MA, Cortellini A, Pinato DJ, Dalla Pria A, Hall E, Bakalov V, Bahary N, Rajkumar A, Mangla A, Shah V, Singh P, Aboubakar Nana F, Lopetegui-Lia N, Dima D, Dobbs RW, Funchain P, Saleem R, Woodford R, Long GV, Menzies AM, Genova C, Barletta G, Puri S, Florou V, Idossa D, Saponara M, Queirolo P, Lamberti G, Addeo A, Bersanelli M, Freeman D, Xie W, Reid EG, Chiao EY, Sharon E, Johnson DB, Ramaswami R, Bower M, Emu B, Marron TU, Choueiri TK, Baden LR, Lurain K, Sonpavde GP, Naqash AR. Safety and Activity of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in People Living With HIV and Cancer: A Real-World Report From the Cancer Therapy Using Checkpoint Inhibitors in People Living With HIV-International (CATCH-IT) Consortium. J Clin Oncol 2023; 41:3712-3723. [PMID: 37192435 PMCID: PMC10351941 DOI: 10.1200/jco.22.02459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Revised: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Compared with people living without HIV (PWOH), people living with HIV (PWH) and cancer have traditionally been excluded from immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) trials. Furthermore, there is a paucity of real-world data on the use of ICIs in PWH and cancer. METHODS This retrospective study included PWH treated with anti-PD-1- or anti-PD-L1-based therapies for advanced cancers. Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). Objective response rates (ORRs) were measured per RECIST 1.1 or other tumor-specific criteria, whenever feasible. Restricted mean survival time (RMST) was used to compare OS and PFS between matched PWH and PWOH with metastatic NSCLC (mNSCLC). RESULTS Among 390 PWH, median age was 58 years, 85% (n = 331) were males, 36% (n = 138) were Black; 70% (n = 274) received anti-PD-1/anti-PD-L1 monotherapy. Most common cancers were NSCLC (28%, n = 111), hepatocellular carcinoma ([HCC]; 11%, n = 44), and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC; 10%, n = 39). Seventy percent (152/216) had CD4+ T cell counts ≥200 cells/µL, and 94% (179/190) had HIV viral load <400 copies/mL. Twenty percent (79/390) had any grade immune-related adverse events (irAEs) and 7.7% (30/390) had grade ≥3 irAEs. ORRs were 69% (nonmelanoma skin cancer), 31% (NSCLC), 16% (HCC), and 11% (HNSCC). In the matched mNSCLC cohort (61 PWH v 110 PWOH), 20% (12/61) PWH and 22% (24/110) PWOH had irAEs. Adjusted 42-month RMST difference was -0.06 months (95% CI, -5.49 to 5.37; P = .98) for PFS and 2.23 months (95% CI, -4.02 to 8.48; P = .48) for OS. CONCLUSION Among PWH, ICIs demonstrated differential activity across cancer types with no excess toxicity. Safety and activity of ICIs were similar between matched cohorts of PWH and PWOH with mNSCLC.
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center, Cook County Health and Hospital Systems (Cook County Hospital), University of Illinois Chicago Cancer Center, Chicago, IL
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- Moores Cancer Center, The University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Moores Cancer Center, The University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH
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- Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH
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- Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH
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- Division of Hematology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH
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- Division of Hematology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Division of Hematology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
- Assiut University Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University Hospitals, Assiut, Egypt
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- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Cook County Health, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Cook County Health, Chicago, IL
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- Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
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- Medstar/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN
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- Kansas University Cancer Center, Kansas City, KS
- University of Pittsburgh Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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- University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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- 12 de Octubre University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Medical Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Translational Medicine, Università Del Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Seidman Cancer Center, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
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- Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center, Cook County Health and Hospital Systems (Cook County Hospital), University of Illinois Chicago Cancer Center, Chicago, IL
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- Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
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- Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
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- Melanoma Institute Australia, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Melanoma Institute Australia, Faculty of Medicine & Health, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, and Royal North Shore and Mater Hospitals, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- UO Clinica di Oncologia Medica, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche (DiMI), Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy
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- UO Oncologia Medica 2, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Division of Melanoma and Sarcoma Medical Treatment, IEO European Institute of Oncology IRCCS Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Melanoma and Sarcoma Medical Treatment, IEO European Institute of Oncology IRCCS Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Swiss Cancer Center Leman, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Moores Cancer Center, The University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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El Zarif T, Nassar A, Adib E, Huang J, McKay RR, Dobbs R, Dizman N, Drolen C, Kozaily E, Saeed A, Nebhan C, Lorentsen M, Baena J, Dalla Pria A, Baden L, Ramaswami R, Choueiri TK, Lurain KA, Sonpavde GP, Naqash AR. Pan-cancer (ca) analysis of the safety and efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) in patients (pts) living with HIV (PLWH): Results from the international CATCH-IT consortium. J Clin Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.16_suppl.2649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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2649 Background: PLWH and ca are inadequately represented in clinical trials evaluating ICI especially in the setting of low CD4 counts (ct) and elevated HIV viral loads (VL). We assembled an international cohort of PLWH and ca treated with ICI to evaluate toxicity profiles and clinical outcomes. Methods: We retrospectively collected data on 204 PLWH and ca receiving ≥ 1 cycle of ICI between 2015-2021 at 14 academic medical centers in the US and Europe. Immune-related adverse events (irAEs) were graded per the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) V5.0. Baseline CD4 ct, CD8 ct and HIV VL were collected within 3 months (mo) of ICI initiation when available. Fisher’s exact test was performed to compare categorical variables. Median (med) Overall Survival (OS) and Objective Response Rate (ORR) were calculated for 186 pts treated in the metastatic (met) setting. Results: Among 204 PLWH treated with ICI, 174 (85%) were cis-gender males. 61 (31%) were Black and 34 (18%) were Hispanic/Latinx. Pts were treated with pembrolizumab (n=93), nivolumab (n=71), atezolizumab (n= 20), nivolumab and ipilimumab (n=13), durvalumab (n=6), or avelumab (n=1). Med number of prior lines of systemic therapy was 1 (range: 0-5). Among pts with available baseline data, 36/133 (27%) had CD4 ct <200 cells/µL while 12/136 (9%) had VL ≥400 copies/mL. irAEs of any grade occurred in 43 (21%) pts and 13 (7%) were grade ≥3 while 19 (9%) required steroids. Pts with CD4 ct <200 cells/µL experienced fewer irAEs than pts with CD4 ct ≥200 cells/µL (2/36 vs 26/97; p<0.01). The incidence of any grade irAEs was similar between pts with CD4/CD8 ratio <0.4 vs ≥0.4 (8/54 vs 18/72; p=0.16) and between pts with HIV VL ≥400 vs <400 copies/mL (1/12 vs 28/124; p=0.46). Clinical outcomes are shown in the table below. Among 29 pts with met non-small cell lung ca (NSCLC) with available CD4 ct, the ORR of pts with CD4 ct <200 cells/µL was 13% (95% CI:0-53) vs 38% (95% CI:18-62) in pts with CD4 ct ≥ 200 cells/µL (1/8 vs 8/21; p=0.38). Conclusions: In the largest dataset to our knowledge, we demonstrate tolerability and activity of ICI among PLWH regardless of CD4 ct and HIV VL levels. CD4 ct <200 cells/µL may be associated with a lower incidence of irAEs. An analysis of a larger cohort is underway. [Table: see text]
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- The Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- University of California San Diego Health, La Jolla, CA
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- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA
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- University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- University of Kansas Cancer Center, Westwood, KS
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Division of Experimental Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Medical Oncology/ TSET Phase 1 Program, Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
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Howard D, Rivlin A, Candilis P, Dickert NW, Drolen C, Krohmal B, Pavlick M, Wendler D. Surrogate Perspectives on Patient Preference Predictors: Good Idea, but I Should Decide How They Are Used. AJOB Empir Bioeth 2022; 13:125-135. [PMID: 35259317 PMCID: PMC9761590 DOI: 10.1080/23294515.2022.2040643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Current practice frequently fails to provide care consistent with the preferences of decisionally-incapacitated patients. It also imposes significant emotional burden on their surrogates. Algorithmic-based patient preference predictors (PPPs) have been proposed as a possible way to address these two concerns. While previous research found that patients strongly support the use of PPPs, the views of surrogates are unknown. The present study thus assessed the views of experienced surrogates regarding the possible use of PPPs as a means to help make treatment decisions for decisionally-incapacitated patients. This qualitative study used semi-structured interviews to determine the views of experienced surrogates [n = 26] who were identified from two academic medical centers and two community hospitals. The primary outcomes were respondents' overall level of support for the idea of using PPPs and the themes related to their views on how a PPP should be used, if at all, in practice. Overall, 21 participants supported the idea of using PPPs. The remaining five indicated that they would not use a PPP because they made decisions based on the patient's best interests, not based on substituted judgment. Major themes which emerged were that surrogates, not the patient's preferences, should determine how treatment decisions are made, and concern that PPPs might be used to deny expensive care or be biased against minority groups. Surrogates, like patients, strongly support the idea of using PPPs to help make treatment decisions for decisionally-incapacitated patients. These findings provide support for developing a PPP and assessing it in practice. At the same time, patients and surrogates disagree over whose preferences should determine how treatment decisions are made, including whether to use a PPP. These findings reveal a fundamental disagreement regarding the guiding principles for surrogate decision-making. Future research is needed to assess this disagreement and consider ways to address it. Supplemental data for this article is available online at.
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- Dana Howard
- Center for Bioethics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- John J. Lynch MD Center for Ethics, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA.,Emergency Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Bioethics, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
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Hui G, Drolen C, Hannigan CA, Drakaki A. Treatment Equity in the Immunotherapy Era: Options for Patients with Both Autoimmune Disease and GU Cancers. Life (Basel) 2022; 12:life12030360. [PMID: 35330111 PMCID: PMC8949122 DOI: 10.3390/life12030360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Revised: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Numerous immunotherapeutic agents, such as immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), have been approved for the treatment of genitourinary (GU) malignancies. While ICIs have improved treatment outcomes and expanded treatment options, they can cause immune-related adverse events (irAEs). The scope of irAEs is broad, and this paper aims to review the rheumatologic side effects associated with immunotherapy drugs approved for bladder cancer and renal cell carcinoma. IrAEs are graded by the common terminology criteria for adverse events (CTCAE), which ranges from 1 to 5. The management of irAEs includes corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive therapies, and it may require discontinuation of immunotherapy. Several real world experience studies suggest that most patients with pre-existing autoimmune diseases treated with ICI did not have to discontinue treatment due to immune-mediated side effects. While data suggest autoimmune side effects are manageable, patients with pre-existing autoimmune diseases are often excluded from immunotherapy clinical trials. Better understanding of these irAEs will improve its safety and expand its use in those with underlying autoimmune disease.
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- Gavin Hui
- Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA;
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- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
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- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
- Correspondence:
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Kathuria-Prakash N, Drolen C, Hannigan CA, Drakaki A. Immunotherapy and Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Review of New Treatment Approaches. Life (Basel) 2021; 12:24. [PMID: 35054417 PMCID: PMC8781308 DOI: 10.3390/life12010024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Revised: 12/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Renal cell carcinomas (RCC) have been treated with immunotherapy for decades; the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors represents the most recent advance. In this review, we compare these new RCC immunotherapies, with a focus on achieving durable complete responses (CR). REVIEW Sorafenib and sunitinib were the first Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved targeted agents for RCC, with sunitinib eventually becoming the standard-of-care agent against which novel therapies are compared. In the last five years, many combination therapies based on the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), including ipilimumab/nivolumab, nivolumab/cabozantinib, avelumab/axitinib, pembrolizumab/axitinib, and pembrolizumab/lenvatinib, have demonstrated superior overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) compared to sunitinib. Ongoing clinical trials of hypoxia-induced factor-2 alpha (HIF-2a) inhibitors, chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy targeting CD70, and other new combination therapies have also shown promise and are currently under investigation. CONCLUSIONS Many new combination therapies are approved for RCC treatment, and CR rates suggest that, in the era of immunotherapy, it may be possible to achieve durable responses and survival benefit in patients with metastatic RCC.
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- Nikhita Kathuria-Prakash
- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; (N.K.-P.); (C.D.); (C.A.H.)
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; (N.K.-P.); (C.D.); (C.A.H.)
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- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; (N.K.-P.); (C.D.); (C.A.H.)
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; (N.K.-P.); (C.D.); (C.A.H.)
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Drolen C, Cantu E, Goldberg HJ, Diamond JM, Courtwright A. Impact of the elimination of the donation service area on United States lung transplant practices and outcomes at high and low competition centers. Am J Transplant 2020; 20:3631-3638. [PMID: 32506618 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2020] [Revised: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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In November 2017, the donation service area (DSA) was removed as the primary unit of US donor lung allocation. Our primary objective was to evaluate the effect of this change on recipient characteristics, the use of pretransplant extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and on index hospitalization length of stay (LOS) and early posttransplant complications. We also assessed whether these outcomes differed in high and low competition centers, as defined by the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index. Following DSA removal, there was a 9-day decrease in median waitlist time (P = .001) and an increase in median lung allocation score (40 vs 42, P < .0001) but no difference in the need for pretransplant ECMO (incidence rate ratio = 1.16, P = .12). Median LOS increased from 17 to 19 days in the post-DSA era (P = .01). There was no difference in posttransplant outcomes, including prolonged ventilation, new dialysis, or early survival, in the general cohort or between competition groups. High competition centers saw an 18.5-minute increase in ischemic time compared to low competition centers (P = .04) but did not differentially increase single lung transplants or pretransplant ECMO utilization. Overall, DSA elimination was associated with increased posttransplant LOS but no significant differences in pretransplant ECMO or other posttransplant outcomes. Effects were largely similar at low and high competition centers.
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- Claire Drolen
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boson, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Drolen C, Cantu E, Goldberg H, Diamond J, Courtwright A. The Impact of Elimination of the Donor Service Area (DSA) on United States Lung Transplant Practices and Outcomes at High and Low Competition Centers. J Heart Lung Transplant 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Drolen C, Conklin E, Hetterich SJ, Krishnamurthy A, Andrade GA, Dimeglio JL, Martin MI, Tran LK, Yap GPA, Rosenthal J, Young ER. pH-Driven Mechanistic Switching from Electron Transfer to Energy Transfer between [Ru(bpy) 3] 2+ and Ferrocene Derivatives. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:10169-10178. [PMID: 30070469 PMCID: PMC6192533 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b03933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The metal-to-ligand charge transfer excited states of [Ru(bpy)3]2+ (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) may be deactivated via energy transfer or electron transfer with ferrocene derivatives in aqueous conditions. Stern-Volmer quenching analysis revealed that the rate constant for [Ru(bpy)3]2+ excited-state quenching depends on solution pH when a ferrocenyl-amidinium derivative (Fc-am) containing a proton-responsive functionality tethered to the ferrocene center was present. By contrast, the rate constant with which the [Ru(bpy)3]2+ excited state is quenched by an analogous ferrocene derivative (ferrocenyl-trimethylammonium, Fc-mam) that lacks a protonic group does not depend on pH. These results show that the presence (or absence) of a readily transferrable proton modulates quenching rate constants in bimolecular events involving [Ru(bpy)3]2+ and ferrocene. More surprisingly, transient absorption spectroscopy reveals that the mechanism by which the [Ru(bpy)3]2+ excited state is quenched by Fc-am appears to be modulated by solution proton availability, switching from energy transfer at low pH when Fc-am is protonated, to electron transfer at high pH when Fc-am is deprotonated. The mechanistic switching that is observed for this system cannot be aptly explained using a simple driving force dependence argument, suggesting that more subtle factors dictate the pathway by which the [Ru(bpy)3]2+ excited state is deactivated by ferrocene in aqueous solutions.
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- Claire Drolen
- Department of Chemistry, Amherst College, Merrill Science Building, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Amherst College, Merrill Science Building, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Amherst College, Merrill Science Building, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Amherst College, Merrill Science Building, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brown Laboratory, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brown Laboratory, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brown Laboratory, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brown Laboratory, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brown Laboratory, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brown Laboratory, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Amherst College, Merrill Science Building, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University, Seeley G. Mudd Building, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 18015, United States
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Kashyap T, Argueta C, Aboukameel A, Unger TJ, Klebanov B, Mohammad RM, Muqbil I, Azmi AS, Drolen C, Senapedis W, Lee M, Kauffman M, Shacham S, Landesman Y. Selinexor, a Selective Inhibitor of Nuclear Export (SINE) compound, acts through NF-κB deactivation and combines with proteasome inhibitors to synergistically induce tumor cell death. Oncotarget 2016; 7:78883-78895. [PMID: 27713151 PMCID: PMC5346685 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.12428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 09/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
The nuclear export protein, exportin-1 (XPO1/CRM1), is overexpressed in many cancers and correlates with poor prognosis. Selinexor, a first-in-class Selective Inhibitor of Nuclear Export (SINE) compound, binds covalently to XPO1 and blocks its function. Treatment of cancer cells with selinexor results in nuclear retention of major tumor suppressor proteins and cell cycle regulators, leading to growth arrest and apoptosis. Recently, we described the selection of SINE compound resistant cells and reported elevated expression of inflammation-related genes in these cells. Here, we demonstrated that NF-κB transcriptional activity is up-regulated in cells that are naturally resistant or have acquired resistance to SINE compounds. Resistance to SINE compounds was created by knockdown of the cellular NF-κB inhibitor, IκB-α. Combination treatment of selinexor with proteasome inhibitors decreased NF-κB activity, sensitized SINE compound resistant cells and showed synergistic cytotoxicity in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, we showed that selinexor inhibited NF-κB activity by blocking phosphorylation of the IκB-α and the NF-κB p65 subunits, protecting IκB-α from proteasome degradation and trapping IκB-α in the nucleus to suppress NF-κB activity. Therefore, combination treatment of selinexor with a proteasome inhibitor may be beneficial to patients with resistance to either single-agent.
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- Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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- Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., Newton, MA, 02459, USA
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- Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., Newton, MA, 02459, USA
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Schriger DL, Raffetto B, Drolen C, Cooper RJ. The Effect of Peer Review on the Quality of Data Graphs in Annals of Emergency Medicine. Ann Emerg Med 2016; 69:444-452.e2. [PMID: 27614587 DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.06.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Revised: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVE We determine how peer review affects the quality of published data graphs and how the appointment of a graphics editor affects the quality of graphs in an academic medical journal. METHODS We conducted an observational time-series analysis to quantify the qualities of data graphs in original manuscripts and published research articles in Annals of Emergency Medicine from 2006 to 2012. We retrospectively analyzed 3 distinct periods: before the use of a graphics editor, graph review after a manuscript's acceptance, and graph review just before the first request for revision. Raters blinded to study year scored the quality of original and published graphs using an 85-item instrument. Editorial comments about graphs were classified into 4 major and 16 minor categories. RESULTS We studied 60 published articles and their corresponding original submissions during each period (2006, 2009, and 2012). The number of graphs increased 31%, their median data density increased 50%, and quality (completeness [+42%], visual clarity [+64%], and special features [+66%]) increased from submission to publication in all 3 periods. Although geometric mean (0.69, 0.86, and 1.2 pieces of information/cm2) and median data density (0.44, 0.70, and 1.2 pieces of information/cm2) were higher in the graphics editor phases, mean data density, completeness, visual clarity, and other markers of quality did not improve or decreased with dedicated graphics editing. The majority of published graphs were bar or pie graphs (49%, 53%, and 60% in 2006, 2009, and 2012, respectively) with low data density in all 3 years. CONCLUSION Peer review unquestionably improved graph quality. However, data densities of most graphs barely exceeded that of printed text, and many graphs failed to present the majority of available data and did not convey those data clearly; there remains much room for improvement. The timing of graphics editor involvement appears to affect the effect of the graph review process.
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- David L Schriger
- Emergency Medicine Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; UCLA School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
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- UCLA School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center & Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Emergency Medicine Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; Amherst College, Amherst, MA
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- Emergency Medicine Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; UCLA School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
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